If the artist knows he has genius, he's done for. The only salvation is to work like a laborer, and not have delusions
of grandeur.

To express himself well, the artist should be hidden. Take the actors of ancient Greece with their masks, for example.
The artist of the twelfth-century Virgin in the Cluny Museum did not sign his work. Even so, I know him better than if
he actually spoke to me.